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This is an archive article published on January 22, 2011

Info leak: Chargesheet filed against senior MHA officer

IAS officer Ravi Singh is accused of passing sensitive information to unauthorised persons in return for personal gains.

Delhi Police on Saturday filed a chargesheet in a court here against senior IAS officer Ravi Inder Singh,accused of passing sensitive information of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to unauthorised persons in return for personal gains.

The chargesheet,running into 2,343 pages,was filed in the court of Special Judge Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal who took it into the records and fixed January 29,the next date of hearing,for taking it on cognizance.

Police,which have recently got the nod to file the chargesheet against the IAS officer and co-accused Vineet Kumar (CMD of Kolkata-based Temptation Food Pvt Ltd),sought their prosecution under various provisions of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act dealing with criminal conspiracy,destruction of evidence and bribing a government official.

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The chargesheet contained the transcripts of the recorded conversations of Singh and co-accused Kumar,police said.

The voice samples of the accused duo,taken during the probe,have matched with that of taped conversations at the forensic laboratory,the chargesheet said.

Police,in the chargesheet,have named 45 people as prosecution witnesses to prove their charges against the accused.

Singh,who is in jail since his arrest by Delhi Police on November 23,has recently moved the High Court for grant of bail.

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